Category: Libya

Libya: Greece Threatens to Veto EU-backed Peace Deal

January 17, 2020

Greece has said it will block any peace deal on Libya proposed by the European Union (UE) as it complained about her exclusion from Berlin ... Read More

Libya: Turkey will “teach a lesson” to Khalifa Haftar – Erdogan

January 15, 2020

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said his country will not refrain from “teaching a lesson” to Khalifa Haftar if his eastern Libyan forces continue ... Read More

Libya: Flop of Moscow Meeting on Ceasefire

January 14, 2020

The meeting held Monday in Moscow in a bid to sign a permanent ceasefire agreement between the two Libyan warring parties, the Government of National ... Read More

Libya’s two warring factions in Moscow to sign ceasefire

January 13, 2020

The heads of Libya’s two warring factions, the Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Serraj, and the commander of the Libyan ... Read More

Tunisia: Security forces bust arms smuggling operation from Turkey to Libya

January 9, 2020

The Tunisian Interior Ministry Wednesday said it has seized arms and cash en route to troubled neighboring Libya from Turkey. Khaled Hayoun, spokesman for the ... Read More

Egypt: MP calls for state boycott of Turkish products

January 9, 2020

A key member of the Egyptian parliament has tabled a proposal calling for institutional boycott of Turkish products, in response to Ankara’s policy in neighboring ... Read More

Libya: Rabat Rejects any Foreign Intervention on all Grounds

January 7, 2020

Morocco has voiced its rejection of any foreign intervention in Libya on all grounds and regardless of cited motives, affirming that there is no military ... Read More

Libya: Haftar claims seizure of Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte

January 7, 2020

The self-proclaimed Libyan National Army, LNA, headed by rebel General Khalifa Haftar, said Monday they took control of the coastal city of Sirte, hometown of ... Read More

Libya’s Proxy War Takes New Turn with Turkish Boots on Ground

January 6, 2020

Turkey started deploying troops in support of the UN-backed government in Tripoli under attack from renegade general Khalifa Haftar openly backed by UAE and Egypt. ... Read More

UN, Others, Condemn Bombing of Military Academy in southern Tripoli

January 6, 2020

The United nations, the US and Turkey have condemned the death of 30 military trainees who were killed Saturday in an airstrike, reportedly perpetrated by ... Read More